Posted by Brandymac26 on November 6, 2002, at 18:08:21
Ok, here's my situation. I have been diagnosed with panic disorder, gad, and depression. I am also currently on lexapro (10mg's), and xanax. Before the lex, I was on celexa for over a year, then I tried effexor, and neither really did the trick, so it is now my 6th day on lexapro, and so far the side effects arent anywhere near as bad as they were on celexa. But basically, I'm wondering if I have something other than depression and anxiety. The symptoms that I have are typical anxiety symptoms like palpitations, feeling like I have to run and get away, hot flashes, cant catch my breath, etc. I also have symptoms of depression like complete loss of interest in everything, I totally overeat (if it's not nailed down I eat it), I have a very poor outlook on my future, and I am sooo tired all the time, and I sleep way too much. I have been to my doc and had a complete head to toe physical -blood count, thyroid, urine, cholesterol, and a complete metabolic panel and everything came back normal. I just had this done 2 months ago, yet I feel these symptoms above all the time, and have for the past 2 years or so. But, aside from the symptoms I listed above, and t he ones in question are: I have always had bad mood swings, I have irrational thoughts like someone is watching me while I'm in the shower, or that I have some terrible disease and everytime the phone rings i think it's my doc calling to report bad news(what is this?),and I'm a perfectionist. Small, every day tasks, like cleaning the house become overwhelming for me b/c #1-I dont have the energy or motivation, and 2-once i start cleaning i cant stop-in other words i cant just "straighten up", i have to scrub the whole entire house from top to bottom or It will drive me crazy thinking about everything that I didnt clean. On top of all of this, If something (even really stupid stuff) bothers me, I get so pissed off about it I think about it and obsess at how I can get back at the person for what they did to me. This is actually starting to disrupt my sleeping patterns. I have so many thoughts that go through my mind before I fall asleep, that I will wake up in the middle of the night still thinking about everything-it's like my mind is racing. Sometimes, and I dont know if it's the anxiety that is causing this or something else, but I feel like I could jump up and go crazy (i dont know how to explain this), but its like I have to just jump up and move and do something , even if it's jump up and down a couple of times to get all of the energy out of my system, yet whats even weirder is that when I feel like this, I'm normally pretty tired! What the heck is wrong with me? I feel like there is more wrong with me than just anxiety and depression. If anyone at all knows what I'm talking about, or has any suggestiona at all, I would greatly appreciate them.
P.S. when I get that feeling that I have to just move or jump up and down, it's really a feeling like I have to move or I'm gonna go bezerk, even though I never actually go bezerk if you know what I mean. Thanks!
poster:Brandymac26
thread:126705
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